In Week 5 high school football action last night on the Sports Voice, East Central hammered Batesville 45-0. Trojan running back Colton Bellman ran for 229 yards and three touchdowns – all in the first half. EC led 38-0 at halftime…
Elsewhere around the area, North Decatur stays undefeated after blanking previously unbeaten Switzerland County 27-0; Lawrenceburg crushed Franklin County 40-6; South Dearborn upended Greensburg 39-26; South Decatur got past Brown County 26-20; and Rushville edged Connersville 32-28.
Milan at Edinburgh was canceled by the host Lancers due to “unforeseen circumstances” and will not be rescheduled.
The Reds outgunned the Chicago Cubs 7-4 last night in downtown Cincinnati. Spencer Steer hit two home runs and drove in three. Elly De La Cruz homered for the first time in 43 games. Overall, the Reds hit a season-high five home runs as a team. Miguel Andujar and Matt McLain also went deep. Game three of the series is tonight. Zach Littell gets the start for Cincinnati. Coverage begins at 6:10 on 103.9 FM.
Coming up in college football on this Saturday, Purdue visits Notre Dame. The Boilermakers are 2-1 while the 0-2 Fighting Irish are looking for their first win…The 19th ranked Indiana Hoosiers entertain #9 Illinois…And Ball State travels to UConn.
In NFL action tomorrow, the Cincinnati Bengals – minus the injured Joe Burrow – visit the Minnesota Vikings in a matchup of backup quarterbacks. Jake Browning starts for the Bengals while Carson Wentz will be behind center for the Vikings…The Indianapolis Colts are in Nashville to take AFC South rival Tennessee. The Colts are 2-0 while the Titans are winless. Both the Bengals and Colts games kick off tomorrow at 1:00.
The 6th seeded Indiana Fever open WNBA Playoff semifinal action tomorrow in Las Vegas against the 2nd seeded Aces. Tipoff tomorrow is 3 p.m.
